Fly-catcher.



c. L. BURN H. MAKER.

FLY CATCHER.

v APPLICATION FILED APR. 2|. 1915.

Witnesses WES 1L. HUME nn'n HARRY MAKER, 01F HIBIIBHFG, WESUTA.

FLY-GFTUHEF.

specification of itetters Patent.

. Fatented May so, rare.

hpplication filed a m or, raw. serial No. more.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CHARLns lL. Bonn and HARRY MAKER, citizens of the United States, residing at Hibbing, of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fly-Catchers; and, we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to means for catching flies and is in the nature of a fly catcher, comprising a strip of sticky paper or cloth inclosed within an outer casing or box and constructed in an economical and efiicient manner to carry out the several objects'of the invention. hereinafter mentioned.

The prime object of the invention is to provide a device of this character, which, when ready for shipment or sale, is inclosed within a compact structure whereby it is protected against damage in handling and the user-is protected against contact with the sticky paper'or cloth.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character specified which, while compactly inclosed as before specified, may be readily opened for use and any desired length of the sticky strip withdrawn and severed, the case or box, with the remainder therein, being always left in condition to facilitate the ready withdrawal of more of the strip when desired. 1

With these objects in consists in theimproved construction, arrangement and combination of the arts of a device-of the character mentione whichwill be hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically claimed.

In order that the construction and 0 eration thereof may be readily comprehen ed, an approved embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which will be now s ecifically described in connection with said drawings, in which,

Figure 1 represents, "in perspective, the outer casing as it appears when the fly catcher is inclosed therein, ready for shipment or storage. Fig. 2. represents, in perspective, thesame parts, with the strip partially withdrawn and the fastener in inoperative position. Fig. 3 represents, in transvem section, the arts shown 111 Fig. 1.

t represents-t e same parts in longiin the county of Figs. 1 to view, the invention tudinal section,

and Fig. 5 represents the uncture of two sections of the strip.

Like reference characters indicate the I same parts wherever they appear in a plurality of the figures of the drawings.

Referring specifically to i the drawings, the box, indicated at is cylindrical and has a slot 11, as shown in the construction 4. The adhesive strip is coiled, as at 130, in the box and its end proj ects through the slot. composed of sections, as at 120, 120", their ends being reduced transversely and perforated, as shownat 121 in Fig. 5, to facilitate their separation.

. ][n the forward or outer end of each section is an eye, or eyelet, as at 122, 123, and when the strip is coiled within the box, as in Figs. 1 and 3, one section, as 120, projects just far enough out of the slot 11 one end of an open locking ring 12 1 seated in a circumferential groove around the box, to be passed through the eye 122 to hold the strip in position. When section 12d has been torn ofi', section 120 projects in like manner,- the-ring 12d engaging in eye 123, as seen in Fig. 4, and securing the remaining sections in the box. To remove'a, strip, as 120*, the ring 124 is turned to remove its end from the eye 122, the section drawn entirely out of the box and the section 120 drawn out to bring its eye 123 in position and the ring turned intoeye 123, when the section 120 can be torn oE-on the perforated line of juncture 121. The box, illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4L, is provided with an end inclosed by a permanent cover 141, and a cover 142 at the opposite end ofthe box is removable for the urpose of inserting or removin the coile adhesive strip. To facilitate-t e withdrawal of the strip through the slot, a hook 143, having a finger ring or eye 1 11 may be engaged in theeye, as 122 in Fig. 5. I

From the foregoing, it will be observed that we have provided'a neat, handy package containing inclosed and protected strips of adhesive material, with ready means for opening the case and removing any portion desired for use at any time, the remainder being retained within the case and protected for use when desired.

While the exact construction and arrange ment of the parts of the invention have been to permit The'strip 120 is specifically described in the foregoing, it 11W I will be obvious to those skilled'in the art to which the invention most nearly appertains,

that slight changes and variations may be made'therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus fully described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A fly catcher comprising a casing having a slot in its'top, a roll of adhesive material within the casingv consisting of sec tions separated by transverse lines of perforations, the end of the outer section being projected through the slot, and each section having aneye near its advanced end, and means at the advanced end of each section to facilitate its withdrawal through the slot, said means comprising a hook adapted to engage in the eye and provided with a ring to receive a finger.

2. A fly catcher comprising a cylindrical casing having a longitudinal slot in one side, a strip of adhesive material coiled within the casing, having its outer end projected throughthe slot and provided with an eye in the projecting portion, and an open ring mounted around the cylindrical casing and adapted to be turned upon the In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES L. BURR.

v HARRY MAKER.

Witnessesi VICTOR L. POWER, J oHNHERIo. 

